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Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by christoph »

surgical_fire wrote: post #3
markcerqueira wrote: post #2

I tried Jellyfin after some frustration with Plex and found it an inferior relative to Plex so I'm still on Plex. Lifetime Plex Pass is the solution here for now given Plex has not clawed back any features and in fact has added features to the pass.

I went straight to Jellyfin and I find it awesome. I wonder what exactly am I missing.

Same. I started out early in 2003/2004 with XBMC, and used all sorts over the years - probably Plex for 4/5 years or so in there… the writing was on the wall 4(?) years or so back when the nag emails and data capture all started ratcheting up. I dumped it for Jellyfin and never looked back once. I pay for Infuse to make it work on Apple stuff, but it’s < £10 year (mainly to cover codec licence nonsense?), which seems a small price to pay compared to any other alternatives I could find.

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by antiframe »

kennethrc wrote: post #49
mvanbaak wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I logged in 6 years ago. Since then its just working. Yes, plex. On my appletv

Ditto for me on every one of the ~20 places I've logged in starting in ~2017

Well then I was a one off. It got me (along with how slow it was) to leave. Maybe it was a bug? Maybe I misconfigured it? Maybe it was OS? Who knows? Glad it works for you.

This was using the local web server instance to manage permissions for users, so maybe every time my distro undated the web server software or something. Either way, for my use case it didn't work out of the box. JellyFun did and does. Every tool decision is personal.

Your experience doesn't nullify mine.

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by hparadiz »

amazingamazing wrote: post #39
hparadiz wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem with Plex is that is has a very opinionated system that ignores how things are in real life. One example I can point to is Stargate SG-1. Episode 1 is a two parter and depending on who you ask it's either Episode 1 and 2 or Episode 1 which causes all subsequent episode numbers to be thrown off by 1 depending on how you count. This confusion is further complicated by the release order on DVD/Bluray, the or…

This is not really a big deal. If you want it organized arbitrarily put the files in other and it will be.

It's a big deal because there's no rhyme or reason why it's one way or another way in different series so when you ask your TV through voice command to "Play Season 3 Episode 2 of [Show] through Plex] and then your TV plays the wrong episode it becomes a big deal.

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by hparadiz »

bananalychee wrote: post #46
hparadiz wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem with Plex is that is has a very opinionated system that ignores how things are in real life. One example I can point to is Stargate SG-1. Episode 1 is a two parter and depending on who you ask it's either Episode 1 and 2 or Episode 1 which causes all subsequent episode numbers to be thrown off by 1 depending on how you count. This confusion is further complicated by the release order on DVD/Bluray, the or…

That has more to do with TheTVDB than with Plex itself, and it's really nothing compared to what Jellyfin demands. Plex at least supports several different alternative directory structures and file naming schemes. In order to transition to Jellyfin I would have to rename thousands of files to comply to its specific requirements, whereas Plex was mostly okay with the way I had organized my files offline.

Plex hasn't bothered to work on this in 15 years. It's been the same since I was in college and I'm almost 40.

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by surgical_fire »

vunderba wrote: post #44
surgical_fire wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I went straight to Jellyfin and I find it awesome. I wonder what exactly am I missing.

For a time and I have no idea if this is still true Plex had a serious advantage in the sheer range of client platforms it supported (iOS, Android, smart TVs, Roku, etc.)

Jellyfin works awesome on Android cellphone and Android TV.

No native app for LG TV, but I have an Android TV box anyway.

I can't say how well it works on Apple devices and other TV brands.

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by neumann »

mehrshad wrote: post #16

Plex started out great for us Boxee users left in the cold, but the writing was on the wall when they started offering rentals. Product development has hit a wall in the last two years. While its UI isn't as intricate, Infuse does a fantastic job of transcoding higher bitrate 1080 content over LAN and WAN, where Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby just stutter. The Plex AppleTV app hasn't received material updates in what seems…

I use jellyfin server on my NAS with wireguard + symfonium (android client) on my phone for streaming, but I mostly stream out of the house on my phone.

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by pibaker »

amazingamazing wrote: post #14

Every time I hear of people complaining about paying for software I wonder what people on here do for a living. Is everyone on here getting paid for developing software that’s free?

"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money."

Re: Plex's price hikes prove I was right to switch to Jellyfin

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Post by tengbretson »

UqWBcuFx6NV4r wrote: post #21

As expected and as is usual I’ve read through another very salty justification for using Jellyfin that is based on anger or idealism. I rarely if ever see anyone making the argument that Jellyfin is actually materially better usability-wise. it’s always, “Plex is going down the shitter, you’ll see!”. OK then, if Jellyfin becomes better, then i’ll switch. isn’t the point that I own the media, so i can switch to whatev…

I'll happily take 10 "oops I messed up your order"s over 1 "I put sawdust in the bread"
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